Engel & Ciscomani going head-to-head in televised debate Thursday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_cd6_debate_pol_cal/engel-ciscomani-going-head-to-head-televised-debate-thursday/
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel will meet in a televised debate Thursday night.
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$18.7M in federal funds heading to Pima County to shelter migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_border_funding/187m-federal-funds-heading-pima-county-shelter-migrants/
Pima County will receive more than $18.7 million in federal dollars to shelter asylum seekers, part of $47.3 million headed to Arizona, U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego said Wednesday.
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'Long COVID' & his gang of symptoms star in Pima Health comic https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082824_long_covid_comic/long-covid-his-gang-symptoms-star-pima-health-comic/
Long COVID and his gang of symptoms are the focus of a new Pima County Health Department campaign: a comic book with a main character who'll appear this weekend at Tucson Comic-Con.
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Lizzie Walker nets 2 as Pima women earn shutout win at Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082824_pcc_womens_soccer/lizzie-walker-nets-2-as-pima-women-earn-shutout-win-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (2-0, 2-0 in ACCAC) scored two goals in each half as they picked up another road win on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0-2, 0-2).
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Castaneda's hat-trick highlights 5 unanswered goals as Aztec men beat Chandler-Gilbert in soccer https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082824_pcc_mens_soccer/castanedas-hat-trick-highlights-5-unanswered-goals-as-aztec-men-beat-chandler-gilbert-soccer/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (2-0, 2-0 in ACCAC) rallied from a two-goal deficit to pick up another road win on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0-2, 0-2).
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Billionaire Timothy Mellon has poured $165 million into 2024 elections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082824_mellon_campaign_donations/billionaire-timothy-mellon-has-poured-165-million-into-2024-elections/
Timothy Mellon, heir to Gilded Age industrialist Andrew Mellon, has continued to pour tens of millions into the campaigns of former President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican congressional candidates in 2024.
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Feds killed plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling after industry opposition https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082824_medicare_overbilling/feds-killed-plan-curb-medicare-advantage-overbilling-after-industry-opposition/
A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar” from the industry.
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Blue & red states were putting period products in schools — then came the anti-trans backlash https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082824_trans_period_products/blue-red-states-were-putting-period-products-schools-then-came-anti-trans-backlash/
For years, bills that put tampons and pads in school bathrooms were gaining traction across states - but the rise of anti-trans legislation has made a health issue political.
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Harris campaign focuses on Arizona in its push to drive Gen Z voters to the polls https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_ua_harris_frost/harris-campaign-focuses-arizona-its-push-drive-gen-z-voters-polls/
The Harris effort to mobilize Generation Z voters on campuses across battleground states is focusing its “Back-to-School” campaign kick-off in Arizona, with U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost — the first Gen Z member of Congress — set to join students Wednesday at the University of Arizona.
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Az Supreme Court lets legislature’s description of ‘open primaries’ measure stand https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_open_primary_ballot/az-supreme-court-lets-legislatures-description-open-primaries-measure-stand/
The Arizona Supreme Court sided with Arizona legislators over a trial court judge who concluded their description of a ballot proposition to end partisan primaries was “misleading,” overturning the lower court’s ruling and allowing the language to stand on the November ballot.
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After scathing GAO report, Border Patrol agents ordered to stop tossing out migrants’ belongings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082824_migrant_belongings/after-scathing-gao-report-border-patrol-agents-ordered-stop-tossing-out-migrants-belongings/
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has directed agents to stop discarding migrants’ personal belongings, after a scathing report detailing how medicine, clothes, cell phones, cash and identity documents have been taken by authorities at holding facilities and never returned.
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Watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011722_mlk_dream/watch-martin-luther-king-jrs-i-have-dream-speech/
Video: "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."
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Ciscomani lands U.S. Chamber endorsement in Southern Az congressional race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082724_cd6_endorsements/ciscomani-lands-us-chamber-endorsement-southern-az-congressional-race/
Rounding up the endorsements in the CD 6 race between Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani and Democrat Kirsten Engel:
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Ciscomani lands U.S. Chamber endorsement in Southern Az congressional race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082724_cd6_endorsements/ciscomani-lands-us-chamber-endorsement-southern-az-congressional-race/
Rounding up the endorsements in the CD 6 race between Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani and Democrat Kirsten Engel:
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Trump indicted 2nd time in Jan. 6 election subversion case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082724_trump_indictment/trump-indicted-2nd-time-jan-6-election-subversion-case/
A federal grand jury brought a second indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as part of his long-paused election subversion case, maintaining the same four charges special counsel Jack Smith levied in 2023.
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Ethical complaints against attorneys representing Kari Lake dismissed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082724_lake_attorneys_ethics/ethical-complaints-against-attorneys-representing-kari-lake-dismissed/
Two attorneys - Kurt Olsen and Andrew Parker - who represented Kari Lake in a bid to get tabulators banned from the 2022 election, will not face discipline for their claims in that case.
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Georgia judge blocks federal rule allowing migrant farmworkers to join unions in 17 states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082724_farmworker_unions/georgia-judge-blocks-federal-rule-allowing-migrant-farmworkers-join-unions-17-states/
A federal judge ruled a U.S. Department of Labor regulation expanding protections for farmworkers on temporary visas and preventing employers from retaliating against those who try to form or join a labor organization is unconstitutional.
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Recreational pot sales blazing across the country as Az medical market falls further into obscurity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082724_marijuana_sales/recreational-pot-sales-blazing-across-country-as-az-medical-market-falls-further-into-obscurity/
In July, Arizona’s reeling medical marijuana market dropped below 100,000 qualifying patients, bringing into stark relief the steady decline of the medical program as the adult-use, recreational market continues to dominate.
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Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082724_minimum_wage_ballot/voters-will-decide-minimum-wage-ballot-measures-several-states/
Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states, including Arizona, and though ballot referendums to raise minimum wages are typically popular, measures that focus on workers who earn tips and and paid leave have drawn opposition.
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Fight over Kroger-Albertsons merger heats up in federal court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082724_grocery_merger/fight-over-kroger-albertsons-merger-heats-up-federal-court/
Attorneys battling over the proposed merger of the Kroger and Albertsons supermarket chains painted drastically different pictures in federal court on Monday about what would happen if the two giants combined, kicking off a trial that is expected to last until mid-September.
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